You get a karma point whenever someone thinks you deserve one. They just have to click on "applause". Conversely, when someone else thinks you should be taken down a notch, they'll hit "boo, hiss". You don't get to up your own karma, though. That wouldn't be kosher.

I sure hope not. The intent is not to make anyone better than the other, but so people can look at someone's karma and get an idea if they often write posts that are funny, informative, or otherwise useful to someone else. If I ever think it is working against the harmony of the community (or am told that by a number of members) I will immediately turn it off.

I sure hope not.Because I have a lot of karma,and I am not,and never have been,an "ass kisser". Menard has lotsa karma,and I can honestly say he is so far from "ass Kisser" as they get. Maybe ass kicker, or ass grabber, or jack ass,or something from another planet....Simply don't use the karma button. Personally,if I got a bad karma for every time I did spelling errors or just plan turned a post into a mess, I would be negative something or another by now....

UUUUUUMMMMMMMM....The smell of freshly baked cookies are taking over the house........The top layer is Oatmeal with Chocolate Chips...the bottom layer is Chocolate Chip. You better hurry up and get them...Dennis' nostrils are flaring...